Police kill man suspected of stabbing five people in Marseille

FrenchFrench police on Tuesday killed a man suspected of stabbing five people in the southern port city of Marseille, one of whom is in critical condition, a public prosecutor said, reports FRANCE 24.

The assailant, a Tunisian national with legal status in France, stabbed several people at a hotel that had just evicted him for non-payment, then attacked several others on a busy shopping street, prosecutor Nicolas Bessone told reporters.

"It would appear that he blindly and gratuitously attempted to strike people," Bessone said.

The man first stabbed his roommate, leaving the victim in critical condition, the prosecutor said.

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